Central London office lettings in August 2016 recorded just over 580,000 ft of deals from 41 mid-large size transactions (5,000 sq ft+) during the month. The August figure represents a fallback from the 850,000 sq ft total in July, but sees a rise in the number of deals over the month.

August was characterised by 10 office deals over 20,000 sq ft, including Moneysupermarket at 1 Dean Street W1; Dimensional Fund Advisors at 20 Triton Street, NW1; New Day at Kings Cross, N1 and Hampshire Trust Bank at 55 Bishopsgate, EC2.

IT services topped the table of lettings by sector, followed by financial services, boosted by the Dimensional Fund Advisors letting. Insurance and business services are also performing well. Office deals under offer in central London remain around 2.8m sq ft and include two large pending deals in Midtown.

By area, the City accounted for 33pc of the office floorspace let in August. The West End saw 250,000 sq ft of take-up. Southbank had a good month with 80,000 sq ft of transactions. Current London office demand is calculated to be around 4.2m sq ft in the City and 3.1m sq ft in the West End.

The volume of grade A (newly built or refurbished office space) let during the month reached 239,000 sq ft (41% of the total), as transactions for new space kept momentum.

New research from Metropolis reveals there are some 400 medium/large companies in central London which have yet to make decisions on leases due to expire in 2017.